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The international headlines (FOR THE FULL STORY VISIT THE WEBZINE at this
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week's edition include:
** Louvre film-making foray flops in Cannes
The Louvre's first foray into film production, "Visage" shot by Taiwan
director Tsai Ming-Liang, flopped at a Cannes screening with half the
audience walking out
** Ancient 'kelp highway' that lured early migration
The Pacific coast of the Americas was settled starting about 15,000 years
ago during the last glacial retreat by seafaring peoples following a "kelp
highway" rich in marine resources, a noted professor of anthropology has
theorized
** More than just big collection
While the Manitoba Agricultural Museum has always been known for its large
collection of operating, antique farm equipment, its goal now is to offer
visitors more of an interpretive experience
** The North-West Passage - An Arctic Obsession
The search for the North-West Passage, the sea route in the Arctic Ocean
which connects the North Atlantic with the North Pacific Ocean, has been
sought by many of Britain's most famous explorers, including Captain Cook,
Sir John Franklin, Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry
** Elgin Marbles question renewed as Athens museum opens
Athens' share of the marble sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon
temple on Acropolis hill, the crowning achievement of classical Greece, now
have a permanent home 300 metres below the original site
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** World-class sculpture garden opens in Scotland
Doyens of the Scottish art world, well used to the vagaries of the weather,
enjoyed a new climatic experience this month when they were showered with
moon dust at the opening of Jupiter Artland, a privately funded collection
of commissioned land art and sculpture set in a historic landscape on the
outskirts of Edinburgh
** Getty confirms the extent of budget cuts, staff layoffs and salary
reductions
The sharply reduced spending will result in across-the-board programming
cuts, with fewer conservation projects, less grant-making, and fewer
temporary exhibitions
** From soft drinks to shot guns, there's a museum for everyone
The entire museum is devoted to the oldest state law enforcement agency,
founded in 1823 to protect early colonies from Indian raids and incursions
from across the Mexico border
** Museum opens high-tech gallery on recent genocide
The $1.6 million interactive gallery and Web site challenges visitors to
make civilian lives a higher priority for world leaders - and realize that
genocide is not just for the history books
** Recession may force museums and galleries to charge visitors entrance
fees
National museums and galleries could be forced to reintroduce admission fees
to survive the recession, according to the man who led the campaign to scrap
them
** Thomas Becket paintings unveiled in Spain
For the first time in 30 years, wooden protective boards and a glass panel
have been taken away to fully reveal a rare medieval artwork
** 'Ancient' artefacts, cyber scams
When Charles "Chip" Stanish, director of UCLA's Cotsen Institute of
Archaeology, craves a good laugh over human folly, he knows it's just a
mouse-click away, on EBay's crowded bazaar of ancient artefacts
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** What Happens When You Twitter the Mona Lisa?
The complexity of the task didn't fazed Klingemann, whose experimental image
encoding technique translates the image into Chinese characters and spits
out a version of the Mona Lisa that's reminiscent of a Cubist painting
** The Currywurst Museum to open
Forget the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, this summer's big event
in Berlin is the opening of the Currywurst Museum in August
** Museum wins award for costume performances
The Museum of Science and Industry's team of around 20 costumed characters,
which range from 18 th century scientist John Dalton, to early railway
travellers Mr and Mrs Chadwick and early aviators like A.V. Roe and Lady
Sophie Heath, won the Tourism Experience of the Year 2009
** Wyeth's 'Goodbye' to be published for first time
The last painting created by Andrew Wyeth before his death is being
published for the first time, in a journal that focuses on coastal Maine
where Wyeth spent much of life and found inspiration for many of his
paintings
** Lego launching models of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum
The mini-Guggenheim has a suggested retail price of $39.99 and 208 pieces,
including dish-shaped pieces that attempt to evoke the building's inverted
ziggurat
** This Week's Horoscopes
Leo. Jul 23 to Aug 22 - There hasn't been a stampeding death in your area in
more than a century, but your air horn and steer costume will change all
that
** No battle to get Smithsonian's OK
The Smithsonian's deal with 20th Century Fox includes a licensing fee,
location fees for four days of filming and payments if the film reaches
certain benchmarks at the box office, according to museum officials
** World's first camera on display in Macao
Entitled "The Invention of Photography and the Earliest Photographs of
Macao, China", an exhibition showcasing old photos and cameras, including
the world's first camera, was opened Friday at the Macao Museum
** Transforming Museums Seminar: Lessons from the Exciting World of Games
Games Games! with Ken Eklund
** Darwin 2009: 150 Years of Evolutionary Biology
On November 4-8 2009, the Department of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook
University will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Darwin's "The Origin of
Species" by hosting a four-day meeting
** The Dramatic Transformation of Paris during the Rise and Fall of
Napoleon III
During the reign of Emperor Napoleon III, the narrow streets and medieval
buildings of Paris gave way to the broad boulevards and grand public works
that still define the urban landscape of the French capital
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